Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport is a registered

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that is open to the public and caters mainly to

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. The aerodrome is located in

Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nation reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is located in Ontario east of Belleville on the Bay of Quinte. Tyendinaga is located near the site of the former Mohaw ...

, southwest of Tyendinaga,

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, north of the

Bay of Quinte The Bay of Quinte () is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of ...

between Kingston and Belleville.

History

Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during

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. During

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, it hosted the ''No. 1 Instrument Navigation School'' for the

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), or Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) often referred to as simply "The Plan", was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New ...

, providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews. During this time, the airport was also used as the primary relief landing field for the Central Flying School, based out of RCAF Station Trenton. The aerodrome is currently the site of the First Nations Technical Institute and the First Nations Flying School.

Historical aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as "RCAF Aerodrome - Mohawk, Ontario" at with no variation or elevation listed. The field was listed as "all hard surfaced" and had three runways listed as follows:

References

External links

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